Guyanese in contention for top honours at CSF event

Mahendra Persaud

Guyana’s Mahendra Persaud is in excellent position to win the Commonwealth Shooting Federation (CSF) rifle shooting championships held at the Belmont Shooting Centre, Brisbane going into today’s final day. The Guyanese is one of three shooters who have the same amount of points 254, but occupies third position with a lesser number of V bulls 16, in what is a dress rehearsal for the Commonwealth Games 2018 event.

Australian Jim Bailey is in first place with 254 points and 31 V bulls with South Africa’s Petra Haasbroek second on 254 points and 24 V bulls.

The top Full-bore shooters from all the Commonwealth countries are competing in the event with only Northern Ireland’s David Calvert who was in Guyana for our 150th Anniversary Championships, missing.